In Fribourg, the BCU sorts through Fri-Son's archives

In Fribourg, the Cantonal and University Library (BCU) and Fri-Son are starting work on the venue's archives: more than 350 containers, almost 36 linear metres.¹ Contracts, invoices and riders included.³

The collection runs from 1983 to 2016, rests on a donation agreement signed in 2017 and moved into the BCU's new building in summer 2026.¹³ First come the dust and any mould.¹

Next come sorting, packing for long-term storage and digitisation of the audio and video recordings.¹ Merchandise is in there too.¹

According to Le Temps, Fri-Son booked Nirvana as early as 1989, for a rather modest fee.² The signed guest books are there as well.¹

The Swiss Music Archives and the Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv had also shown interest, but the partners prefer to keep the collection in the canton as a record of its cultural and musical history.¹ It stays in Fribourg.

Good to know: Fribourg · inventory on Fri-Memoria by the end of 2027 · open to the public and researchers, with restricted access to some documents.¹